New Mix

[Matt Picone]

Hi Martin,

Getting there-- I had to listen on lots of different systems - DAW, 
living room, car, iPod, boombox, computer, PA-- to really nail what's 
going on.

The main issue is that the rhythm guitars seem to have somehow lost 
their power. Perhaps the amp settings were wrong and there's nothing in 
my tracks but frequencies which needed to be removed for vocal conflict? 
Or maybe the bass is perceptually overpowering them in its newly focused 
home in the spectrum. LOTS of power there which was missing in mine 
(though at the cost of it's amp-y edge, you noted.) Maybe I should send 
you the un-amped tracks? Do you own Guitar Rig? If not, I could send you 
my serial for version 2 and FTP you the installer. I'm on v3 now, which 
came with Komplete, so I think this is technically a legal handoff.

A minor issue is the the vocals in the 2nd verse (this didn't strike me 
until now) have gone too far towards the low-- the concept is that the 
guitar player and bass player are supposed to be singing a duet, rather 
than lead and backup, throughout the song. I believe there are some 
problems INSIDE my clips that cause lots of fluctuations here. Maybe you 
can adjust.

Last thing is that the AM radio effect isn't what I had in mind. I will 
send you a clip-- which needs to, I think, be done on a real radio, with 
the whistling and bizarre interference that happens here where stations 
are so packed onto the band that they compete for reception. Kind of 
stuck here and might come back for input.

Would love to get some feedback from other 'barians on this.

-m@